plural of lively

The property of being alive.

(idiomatic) To regard as adequate or manageable although not entirely satisfactory; to accept; to tolerate.

(idiomatic, transitive) To survive solely by consuming a certain thing. / (idiomatic, intransitive) To endure.

(nautical, informal) Term of address.

(law) A document, made by a person when still legally fit to do so, which provides clear instructions or principles to be employed by a surrogate decision-maker, such as expressing a desire to be allowed to die instead of being kept alive by artificial means, in the event of being severely disabled or suffering from a terminal illness.

Full of life; energetic. / Bright, glowing, vivid; strong, vigorous. / (archaic) Endowed with or manifesting life; living. / (archaic) Representing life; lifelike. / (archaic) Airy; animated; spirited.

Vigorously. / Vibrantly, vividly. / (obsolete) In a lifelike manner.

(intransitive) To be alive; to have life. / (intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.

(only used attributively) Having life; that is alive. / Being in existence; actual. / Having active properties; being energized. / Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.